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Firefighters worked in the midst of heavy smoke and surfaces that froze with the spray of fire hoses on Woodward Street in Newton. All occupants escaped without injury. Firefighters worked in the midst of heavy smoke and surfaces that froze with the spray of fire hoses on Woodward Street in Newton. All occupants escaped without injury. (John Bohn/Globe Staff)
By Bryan Marquard
Globe Staff / January 2, 2009

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As gusts of wind made single-digit temperatures feel brutally colder yesterday, Newton firefighters battled a blaze on Woodward Street while trying to keep their balance on surfaces that the spray of fire hoses turned into instant skating rinks. (Full article: 827 words)

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